Get your kicks on Route 66: April 2006

Freitag, April 21, 2006

Vorwort

before the journey...Route 66...

Well if you ever plan to motor west
Just take my way that's the highway
that's the best
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well it winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino

Would you get hip to this kindly tip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

Well goes from St. Louie down to Missouri
Oklahoma city looks oh so pretty
You'll see Amarillo and Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona don't forget Winona
Kingman, Barstow, San Bernadino

Would you get hip to this kindly tip
And go take that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

EINMAL...

...im Leben diese Straße fahren, von Chicago nach Los Angeles. Die unendliche Weite dieses Landes, die Schönheit der Natur, die Menschen dort erleben, the Open Roads, etwas, was wir uns hier im kleinen Deutschland gar nicht vorstellen können.

Langsam laufen die Vorbereitungen. Man setzt sich mental damit auseinander. Ein lang gehegter Traum in die Realität umsetzen. Am 4.5.06 geht der Flieger nach Chicago und nach kurzem Aufenthalt bin ich 'on the road'. Wie oft schon besungen in vielen Songs aus den USA.

Dieser Blog soll ein kleines Tagebuch sein, ein paar Eindrücke für alle, die zumindest gedanklich daran teilnehmen wollen. Um es mit MIR zu erleben.

Jürgen Feldmann, 13. April 2006

Donnerstag, April 20, 2006

Ankunft und 1. Etappe (arrival and 1. leg)

Th, 5/4/06
Arrival in Chicago
The Congress Plaza Hotel
520 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago IL, 60605
Tel: 312-427-3800

I had a safe flight to Chicago O'Hare on my very first day.
My first challenge was a drive with my rental car to
Chicaga downtown. Heavy traffic and I got lost while
I was on my way to the Hotel. But finally I found
the right way again!
Chicago has a nice architecture and you can see this
while being on one of the most tallest skydecks in the
world. The Sears Tower.

Sa, 5/6/06
Chicago-St. Louis (475 km)
Comfort Inn
12031 Lackland Road
St. Louis, MO 63146
Tel: 314-878-1400

Show me the way to St. Louis...who sang that song?
A long drive from downtown Chicago to St. Louis...endless
Highways, lots of music...and I left the I 55 at Wilmington
just to see the Giant and much more important...to drive
on the Historic Route 66. (some parts of course are closed
or no longer available)

After hours of driving I arrived at
the 'Old Chain Of Rocks Bridge' the Historic Bridge which
crosses the Mississippi. What a huge river!

...and finally The Comfort Inn (Hotel) St. Louis

Mittwoch, April 19, 2006

2. Etappe (leg)

Saint Louis - what a nice city on the Mississippi. And The Arch, the Gateway to the West, the highest monument in the USA.

Being on top you have a wonderful view to the city of St. Louis

The University City Loop is a nice area in St. Louis and there are places you have to see like the Blueberry Hill, a beautiful address for good food and music.

Chuck Berry, who is from St. Louis, is still playing there once in a month in a very small venue. And how interesting it is to walk along the Walk of Fame.